Senior Process Engineer - Beverage

Bevi is on a mission to disrupt the beverage supply chain and replace single-use water bottles with smart water machines. Thousands of companies use Bevi to sustainably provide their employees with pure, sparkling, and flavored water at work. As the market leader in IoT-enabled beverage machines, we’ve raised over $160M in venture capital and we have grown tremendously each year since launch. In addition to maintaining hypergrowth with our current product line, Bevi is heavily investing in new product development.

We are seeking a Senior Process Engineer - Beverage to join Bevi’s manufacturing and quality team. This role reports to the Director of Manufacturing and Quality Engineering, and will be responsible for bringing a diverse portfolio of beverages to life in a manufacturing environment as well as improving, and maintaining existing portfolio of Bevi’s flavor/concentrate products. The Senior Process Engineer - Beverage will work closely with supply chain and R&D teams to launch new products and identify and prioritize targets for improvement at our co-packer locations. The ideal candidate will embrace the Bevi core values, learning new skills, working across disciplines, and driving issues to completion. 

Your Day to Day

• Own manufacturing and quality aspects of development and commercialization of new products to ensure manufacturing and quality requirements are met from pilot to full-scale production, ensuring efficiency, consistency, and quality
• Act as the technical liaison between Beverage R&D, Product, Supplychain, and co-packers to ensure requirements are met and production issues are addressed
• Implements process improvements from raw materials through finished packaging in the areas of cost, yield, throughput, and quality
• Act as the technical lead on all changes related to co-packer facility (formula changes, process changes, label changes, equipment changes, etc)
• Lead kaizen and other continuous improvement projects with co-packers to increase capacity and yield through line automation and other cost justifying modifications
• Ensure all products meet regulatory standards, food safety, and quality guidelines for target markets
• Ensure excellent manufacturing through tight process controls, preventive measures and timely corrective action implementation.
• Facilitate and lead cross-functional teams for full Root Cause Analysis for failures in manufacturing and/or originating at end-customers.
• Regularly generate, publish, and present production KPIs and other relevant company metrics

Important Note

Although we list out what we generally look for, we are very likely missing other attributes and skills that you have that could make you a great fit, but are not currently listed. Research has shown this especially applies to women and other marginalized groups, who tend to apply if they check 100% of every box, versus men who apply if they hit roughly 60%. The point we’re getting at, it doesn’t hurt to take a chance and apply!

Requirements

• Passionate about delivering best-in-class beverages to customers and stakeholders
• 5-7 years minimum work experience as Process Engineer in the food or beverage industry
• Strong communicator able to facilitate discussion and present to all levels of the internal and external organization
• Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks/projects in a fast-paced environment while working in teams, influencing others, and using disciplined processes to deliver results
• Excellent knowledge and use in process design, optimization, project management and troubleshooting
• Very strong process improvement background, applying statistical tools, process maps and root cause problem solving tools with attention to detail
• Experience working in manufacturing setting within the food and beverage industry
• Experience leading Process Improvement Teams and managing major projects
• Experience with product lifecycle management or change control systems such as Arena
• Experience with regulatory bodies such as FDA and CFIA
• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical, Industrial, Mechanical or Food Engineering or equivalent experience
• Ability to be in the office 4-5 days per week
• Must be able to travel up to 20%.  Travel will mainly be domestic, but some international travel will be required

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance plans with BlueCross BlueShield, 95% paid by employer
• 401(k) with company match, and environmentally responsible investment options
• Flexible PTO plus 12 company holidays, and additional paid days for sick leave, etc (including sustainability or social justice volunteer events)
• Generous fully paid parental leave for both birth parents and non-birth parents
• Fully employer paid disability and life insurances
• Wellness and fitness reimbursements
• Monthly stipends for cell phone use and commuting costs
• Onsite snacks, weekly catered lunch, and (of course) unlimited Bevi ... plus composting and terracycling, too
• Happy hours, team-building events, bagel breakfasts, Hero awards - and more!